Trial reportThe American journal on addictions2015
A cross-sectional assessment of the long term effects of brief strategic family therapy for adolescent substance use.
Trial report in The American journal on addictions, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Individual-, family-, and school-level interventions targeting multiple risk behaviours in young people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Evidence Base on Outpatient Behavioral Treatments for Adolescent Substance Use, 2014-2017: Outcomes, Treatment Delivery, and Promising Horizons.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Pooled it
- Design of Digital Mental Health Platforms for Family Member Cocompletion: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- An Equity-Focused Assessment of Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention Research.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Review
- Provider perceptions of systems-level barriers and facilitators to utilizing family-based treatment approaches in adolescent and young adult opioid use disorder treatment.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Article
- Treatment of Adolescent Cannabis Use Disorders.The Psychiatric clinics of North America · 2023Review
- Treatment of Adolescent Cannabis Use Disorders.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2023Review
- Long-Term Outcomes for Young People With Substance Use Problems in Outpatient Treatment: Gender-Specific Patterns.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- An open trial investigation of Treatnet Family among adolescents with substance use problems.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
- Family-Based Treatments for Adolescent Substance Use.Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2016Review
- Taking Brief Strategic Family Therapy from Bench to Trench: Evidence Generation Across Translational Phases.Family process · 2016Review
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15 authors at 10 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundYoung adult drug use and law-breaking behaviors often have roots in adolescence. These behaviors are predicted by early drug use, parental substance use disorders, and disrupted and conflict-ridden family environments.
aimTo examine long-term outcomes of Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) compared to treatment as usual (TAU) in the rates of drug use, number of arrests and externalizing behaviors in young adults who were randomized into treatment conditions as adolescents.
design261 of 480 adolescents who had been randomized to BSFT or TAU in the BSFT effectiveness study were assessed at a single time, 3-7 years post randomization.
methodsAssessments of drug use, externalizing behaviors, arrests and incarcerations were conducted using Timeline Follow Back, Adult Self Report, and self-report, respectively. Drug use, arrests and incarcerations were examined using negative binomial models and externalizing behaviors were examined using linear regression.
resultsWhen compared with TAU, BSFT youth reported lower incidence of lifetime (IRR = 0.68, 95%CI [0.57, 0.81]) and past year (IRR = 0.54, 95%CI [0.40, 0.71]) arrests; lower rates of lifetime (IRR = 0.63, 95%CI [0.49, 0.81]) and past year (IRR = 0.70, 95%CI [0.53, 0.92]) incarcerations; and lower scores on externalizing behaviors at follow-up (B = -0.42, SE = .15, p = .005). There were no differences in drug use. CONCLUSIONS AND SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: BSFT may have long term effects in reducing the number of arrests, incarcerations and externalizing problems. These effects could be explained by the improvements in family functioning that occurred during the effectiveness study. This study contributes to the literature by reporting on the long term outcomes of family therapy for adolescent drug abuse.
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